US 12,244,525 B2
Information transmission method and network device
Xiao Han, Shenzhen (CN); Changfeng Ding, Chengdu (CN); Xuming Fang, Chengdu (CN); Yan Long, Chengdu (CN); and Mengyao Ma, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/527,690.
Application 18/527,690 is a continuation of application No. 17/873,472, filed on Jul. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,876,738.
Application 17/873,472 is a continuation of application No. 16/790,044, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,424,876, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 16/790,044 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2018/096321, filed on Jul. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201710691261.6 (CN), filed on Aug. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0106586 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 5/0035 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first network device, comprising:
a transceiver;
a processor; and
a non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for execution by the processor, the computer program including instructions to:
cause the transceiver to send a first frame, wherein an extended schedule element of the first frame comprises a field indicating communication between network devices is supported, wherein the extended schedule element further comprises a source association identifier and a destination association identifier; and
control the transceiver to transmit information to a second network device when both the first network device and the second network device support communication between network devices, wherein a value of the source association identifier and a value of the destination association identifier are each 0.